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We knowοἴδαμενthatὅτιwe areἐσμενofἐκGod,τοῦ θεοῦandκαὶthe wholeὅλοςworldὁ κόσμοςliesκεῖταιinἐνthe evil one.τῷ πονηρῷ
1 John 5:19
Study it in the app“We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the evil one.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 5:19, word by word
- We knowοἴδαμενoidamen
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidamen” appears- we areἐσμενesmen
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esmen” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- the wholeὅλοςholos
whole, all
Whole, entire, all.
Where else “holos” appears- worldκόσμοςkosmos
world against God
People who live with their backs to God.
Where else “kosmos” appears- liesκεῖταιkeitai
be under
To be under the power of: "under the evil one".
Where else “keitai” appears- the evil oneπονηρῷponērōi
the evil one
A name given to the devil, God's enemy.
Where else “ponērōi” appears
The context
18We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but the one who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
19 · This verse (above)
20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know the one who is true; and we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus the Messiah. This is the true God and eternal life.
To study 1 John 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does John say God has given us, and where is that life found (v. 11-12)?
2. What it means
John says he writes "so that you may know that you have eternal life" (v. 13). What connection does he see between believing and knowing?
3. How I live it
John speaks of confidence in prayer (v. 14-15). What do you want to tell God honestly today?